I'm an American from the South who's trying to gain as much information as possible concerning the general feel and look of an Australian bush house by incorporating old and new aesthetics and regulations I've been able to find in my own spare time. This is for a personal comic series.

Unfortunately I am running into a roadblock where there's certain information I cannot find and I would appreciate any help provided as I am attempting to make this model as accurate and authentic as possible.

Below are my general questions specific to bush houses and their walls:

1. What are the common wall exteriors used for current and eco-friendly bush houses? - ( I.e. sheet metal, mud brick, etc. )

2. What are the depths for these types of exterior walls? - ( I found information for brick walls but not the ones commonly used for bush houses. )

3. How far are windows set into most bush houses? - ( Is the depth dependent on the wall's exterior type as seen with brick walls? )window view 1:http://bit.ly/2xS1cL7window view 2: http://bit.ly/2wPRvhe( current wall depth: 225.55mm )

Kappy404See if you can get a copy of AS3959 Construction of Building Bush fire Zones for startersBasically those designs/building are non-compliant and Computer Graphic Image models without engineering simulations, data, & proofs are pretty much useless for gaining non-compliance certifications! hth

@Kappy404 See if you can get a copy of AS3959 Construction of Building Bush fire Zones for startersBasically those designs/building are non-compliant and Computer Graphic Image models without engineering simulations, data, & proofs are pretty much useless for gaining non-compliance certifications! hth

Thank you for the help! I’ll see if I can find that manual and building something that’s more compliant to the necessary requirements.

I would also like to add, as I didn’t clarify this earlier, this house model is supposed to be an abandoned one and in a slightly decrepit possibly uninhabitable state. It is meant to be a squat house for vagrants.

But I will be sure to meet the codes required for initial construction!

Thanks to user StructuralBIMGuy for providing me a directory of where to find more helpful information concerning wall thickness!

As an update: I am using this manual James Hardie 2015 bush fire manualhttp://bit.ly/2jf6zlo for exterior and interior wall accuracy along with other aspects I will eventually try and fix.

That being said: I have a few questions before I redo aspects of my model as I want to measure twice and cut once so to speak concerning the exterior walls.

1. According to the James Hardie manual: fibre-cement external cladding thickness must be 6mm and that “there are no requirements for external wall surfaces 400 mm or more from the ground or for external wall surfaces 400 mm or more above decks”. So based on their shopping website: an external wall minimum of 109-235mm is a viable choicehttp://bit.ly/2xcJAN0?

2. I’m looking at the wall thickness options from the James Hardie website and I’m confused as to what some of these elements are beyond the wood labeled “d” and external portion which is the material choice. But what are the other elements I’ve labeled? Labeled sheet: http://bit.ly/2vMwbb.

Thanks to user StructuralBIMGuy for providing me a directory of where to find more helpful information concerning wall thickness!

As an update: I am using this manual James Hardie 2015 bush fire manualhttp://bit.ly/2jf6zlo for exterior and interior wall accuracy along with other aspects I will eventually try and fix.

That being said: I have a few questions before I redo aspects of my model as I want to measure twice and cut once so to speak concerning the exterior walls.

1. According to the James Hardie manual: fibre-cement external cladding thickness must be 6mm and that “there are no requirements for external wall surfaces 400 mm or more from the ground or for external wall surfaces 400 mm or more above decks”. So based on their shopping website: an external wall minimum of 109-235mm is a viable choicehttp://bit.ly/2xcJAN0?

2. I’m looking at the wall thickness options from the James Hardie website and I’m confused as to what some of these elements are beyond the wood labeled “d” and external portion which is the material choice. But what are the other elements I’ve labeled? Labeled sheet: http://bit.ly/2vMwbb.

I’ve figured out what “b” was on http://bit.ly/2eVGu9g that I posted. It’s a fire protect installation. So that’s one aspect of my questions resolved!